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Lot Essay
Maurice Denis fait ses études à l'Académie Julian où il rencontre Paul Ranson, Pierre Bonnard et Paul Sérusier avec lesquels il fonde en 1888 le groupe des Nabis. Ce projet d'éventail, par son format et l'objet auquel il se destine s'inscrit parfaitement dans l'esthétique nabi. En effet, ces artistes s'intéressent moins à la peinture de chevalet qu'à toutes les formes de l'art décoratif. Aussi réalisent-ils des programmes, costumes et décors de théâtre, des paravents ou encore des peintures décoratives pour des intérieurs. Les tons harmonieux et doux de ce paysage, les formes plates des personnages, les effets du tissu à fleurs de la jupe de la figure centrale, traités sans relief, sont autant de caractéristiques du style nabi.
Maurice Denis studied at the Academy Julian where he met Paul Ranson, Pierre Bonnard and Paul Sérusier with whom he founded the Nabi group in 1888. This study for a fan perfectly fits with the Nabi esthetics by its size and purpose. Indeed, the Nabi were less interested in painting with an easel than with all forms of decorative art, designing programs, costumes and screens for the theatre or paintings for home interiors. The Nabi style is here characterised by the harmonious and soft tones of the landscape, the flat forms of the characters and by the flowered fabric effects of the central figure's skirt.
Maurice Denis studied at the Academy Julian where he met Paul Ranson, Pierre Bonnard and Paul Sérusier with whom he founded the Nabi group in 1888. This study for a fan perfectly fits with the Nabi esthetics by its size and purpose. Indeed, the Nabi were less interested in painting with an easel than with all forms of decorative art, designing programs, costumes and screens for the theatre or paintings for home interiors. The Nabi style is here characterised by the harmonious and soft tones of the landscape, the flat forms of the characters and by the flowered fabric effects of the central figure's skirt.